Linguistics & Comparative Literature at American River College

Every linguistics and comparative literature school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the comparative literature program at American River College stacks up to those at other schools.

American River is located in Sacramento, California and approximately 25,422 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Linguistics & Comparative Literature section at the bottom of this page.

American River Linguistics & Comparative Literature Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Comparative Literature

American River Linguistics & Comparative Literature Rankings

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Comparative Literature Student Demographics at American River

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the comparative literature majors at American River College.

American River Linguistics & Comparative Literature Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of comparative literature associate's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

American River does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in comparative literature graduates 8% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from American River College with a associate's in comparative literature.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	31
White	33
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

• Romance Languages
• American Sign Language

Careers That Comparative Literature Grads May Go Into

A degree in comparative literature can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for American River College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Interpreters and Translators	9,310	$58,180
English Language and Literature Professors	6,470	$114,110
Social Scientists	4,950	$78,970
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	2,700	$114,690

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.